bug nation
noun/bʌɡ ˈneɪʃən/
Etymology From bug (“to annoy”, verb) + nation, as a clipping of micronation. Coined in 1997 in the Kingdom of Talossa micronation by leader Robert Ben Madison.
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Derogatory, Obsolete A micronation that serves no purpose other than being a source of annoyance.
- WHEREAS the King vetoed PD 9 of the August Clark 1998; and WHEREAS Porto Claro really is a bug nation; THEREFORE the Cosâ hereby overrules the King's veto and introduces the following as Law in Talossa: […]1998 October 23, “The PD 9 Up for a Cosâ Vote Act”, in Acts of the 24th Cosa, Kingdom of Talossa, 24RC3:
- Evan Gallagher, a 20-year-old law student from Australia, found the kingdom arrogant and left it to start the Commonwealth of Penguinea. "There was something rotten in the State of Talossa," complained Gallagher. Hardly smarting from the loss, Madison dismisses Penguinea as an insignificant "bug nation."1999, “Magic Kingdom”, in Milwaukee Magazine, volume 24, numbers 1–6, page 23:
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- Nations like Cherusken and Baja helped us gain early recognition, and elevated us from the level of bug nations. Those first recognitions helped us make other contacts, and still others.2001 March, “The Aerican Empire: 14th Anniversary”, in Aerican Empire (official website):
- It is an open question whether the famous Emperor Norton was proposing a bug nation. […] Perhaps the main difference between Emperor Norton and most micronations is that the Emperor represented only himself, albeit he became a celebrity and most San Franciscans humoured his delusion.2002 April 23, Garth Spencer, “Creative nationalism”, in BCSFAzine, number 347, British Columbia Science Fiction Association, page 1:
- Our position, as enshrined in our Organic Law, against the futile folly of "micronational war" shows us to the world as a serious, intelligent player -- almost nostalgic for the good old days when advocating and causing micronational wars was the calling card of a "bug nation" that quickly got ostracized from the community.2003 February 27, “Hanover's Role in the International Community”, in The Hanoverian Advocate on the Web, volume 1, number 1, Gresham Media Corp, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2009:
- Which of the following terrorist-supporting, single-citizen, bug nations do you wish would die off first?2003 October 12, Kuralyov, “Which countries do you want dead?”, in Oira Arnanorë Menelmacariva: A republican monarchy - a micronation, Tapatalk: